John Walsh

John Walsh is a double BAFTA and double Grierson-nominated filmmaker, best-selling author and founder of Walsh Bros Ltd, one of the UK’s top 100 production companies. John met Ray Harryhausen as a film student to make a documentary about his life and work. Today, John is a Trustee of the Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation and, in 2021, founded the Harryhausen Awards.

His books include Harryhausen: The Lost Movies and his acclaimed non-fiction Official Story of the Film series with titles on Flash Gordon, Escape From New York and Dr Who & The Daleks. All four Rondo Award Nominees for “Book of the Year”. 2023 saw the release of Conan The Barbarian and The Wicker Man. 2024 will see the publication of The Third Man: The Official Story of the Film, celebrating the 75th anniversary of “The best British film of all time.” New books in 2025: Gladiator II: The Art and Making of the Ridley Scott Film from Abrams Books and in 2026: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Official Story of the Film.

John's notable film and television work includes the historical feature film Monarch, restored and remastered after John tracked down the original 35mm camera negative in a film vault and was the subject of a BBC News story about lost films and is now available on Prime Video.

ToryBoy The Movie was nominated for the Grierson Award for “Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme.” The film opened politics to a broad audience and is Britain’s most successful political documentary feature film. It is now available on Prime Video.

John's Grierson-nominated landmark series Headhunting the Homeless for BBC2 lifted the lid on the corporate world and the most vulnerable adults of today. Sofa Surfers for the BBC was television’s first series about homelessness for children and was Rose d'Or-nominated. The BAFTA-nominated Don’t Make Me Angry brought clinical psychology into the home environment for the first time. All programmes can be viewed in full on the Walsh Bros YouTube Channel.